Stevenn Beck:  

Hi, born in Brooklyn, I attended PS 190, PS 213, PS 222 (yes- we moved a few times!) Marine Park JHS James Madison HS., Sachem HS, Stony Brook University, Oneonta College... I was at Madison only as a sophmore '68-69; I have nice memories of that year as I started to make some friends toward the end of the year and learned to be more comfortable being myself (does that make sense?) However- my parents then dragged my brother and myself 60 miles out east to the very decidedly un-Brooklyn-like Holtsville, LI where I graduated from Sachem HS in 1971. Later on I attended State University Stony Brook and Oneonta State College, where I grdauated with a teaching degree. I have spent most of my life in the public sector helping people, first, as a teacher both on LI and in King George, Virginia, and later, in my current position as an executive with the Federal Government managing programs that help the poor, disabled, and elderly. I married in May of 1987. We lived first in Woodhaven Queens and then moved to Staten island. The marriage lasted almost 10 years. I have one, oh-so-very-very special daughter (Megan) who is now 29 with a BA from Boston University; she works as a curator for a NYC museum. I always had a creative side that I surpressed; as far back as 1971 I was teaching myself how to play guitar and writing my own songs. So this creative side of mine re-surfaced as a singer/songwriter in the Village in the 1980s (I have written more than 100 songs) and in ...Expand for more